Politics for social workers : a practical guide to effecting change / Stephen Pimpare.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pimpare, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Political aspects.

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book is a concise, accessible guide to help social workers understand how politics and policy making really work-and what they can do to help their clients and their communities. It offers informed, practical grounding in the mechanics of policy making and the tools that activists and outsiders can use to take on an entrenched system.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. The U.S. Constitution Is Undemocratic

2. Our Representative Institutions Are Not Representative

3. We're Terrible at Conducting Elections

4. We Are Exceptional-but Not in a Good Way

5. Most of Us Will Be Poor and on Welfare

6. Everything Is Political

7. Conservatism Is Not Conservative and Some of Us Are More Polarized Than Others

8. Cruel and Unjust Policies Serve a Purpose for Someone

9. Where You Can Go Depends on Where You've Been

10. Look at What's Not Happening

11. People Learn Lessons About Their Value from Their Interactions with Government Agencies

12. The People Who Benefit Most from Government Are Most Likely to Claim They Don't Benefit at All

13. People Like Lice and Cockroaches Better Than Congress

14. The Thing They Say About Making Sausage Is True

15. Presidents Are Weak and Command Too Much of Our Attention

16. It Really Is the Economy, Stupid

17. Judges Are Players, Not Umpires

18. People Aren't Dumb but They Sure Are Ignorant

19. There Is No Public

20. There Is No View from Nowhere

21. You Will Not Change Anyone's Mind

22. Social Work Is Conservative

23. Throw Sand in the Gears of Everything

Conclusion: We Can Do Better. There Are Solutions.

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-231-55189-4

OCLC:

1260690073